Sports ball



Jul 28, 1925. 1,547,339

K. M LELLAN SPORTS BALL Filed Sept. 18, 1924 J tw JMMM...

- fixed to the ball.

Patented July 28, 1925.

KENNETH MAGLELLAN, OF GLASGOW, SCOTLAND.

SPORTS BALL.

Application filed September 18, 1924. Serial No. 738,529.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, KENNETH MAoLEL- LAN, a subject of the King of GreatBritain and Northern Ireland, and residing at Maryhill, Glasgow,Scotland, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in SportsBalls, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in sports balls, particularlylawn tennis balls, tennis balls, cricket balls, hockey balls, footballs,baseballs, and other cloth-covered, water-proof-covered,leather-covered, rubbercovered, fibrous-covered or compositioncoveredballs upon the surface of which or some of which it has been the customto stamp, print, burn, or brand names, initials, advertisements or tradedevices and the like.

According to the invention, I sew or embroider with thread, whethercoloured or not, whether with a sewing machine or embroidery machine ormanually, such names, initials, advertisements or trade devices or thelike as may be desired into or on to the covers of such sports balls.

In practice the sewing or embroidering operation is performed before thecover is attached to the ball, either before or after one side of thecover has been prepared for fixing to the ball. The cover is thereafterAs the threads extend through the cover, or at least through one layerof the cover, the marking so applied endures as long as the cover lasts.

It is characteristic of the invention that the sewing or embroidery isapplied to the cover itself as distinguished from a tape or other labelattached to the ball.

The figure of the accompanying drawing is an illustration of a tennisball to the cover of which is applied lettering composed of threads asaforesaid.

As shown there is applied by stitching to one panel of the cover of theball lettering appropriate to the ball in question, and constituted bythreads extending through the panel so that the marking endures as longas the cover lasts.

What I claim is I A sports ball comprising a spherical body member and acover penetrable by stitching encasing said body member, and a threadstructure in the form of reading matter on the exterior face of thecover and including loops penetrating the cover and keyed on theinterior face of the cover.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

KENNETH MAoL-ELLAN.

Witnesses:

DAVID M. REID, J OHN G. PALMER.

